Necktie with locating means



M. M. LIGHT NECKTIE WITH LOCATING MEANS Filed D60. 14, 1965 5 7 f W/ 9 M6 e l l val au T fr f. f f afv d ,M M 9 ,6 w -iT/Im ,k w. wL/BmJ/v V EMw f WM .l F 0 F fm A 5 14. O/v 6 M, 9 M W WHVVW WJ a 7J 9 m M 7 7 8 M 64 9 M il.\ffwr vd/ rvh (Mul l I/I l I l/ll I wvl l I lfeR/Vre t). tb4v4rydl t 4:14 431| l I I I l I l 4( (Jwhv l /5 U, /5 W 2 65 W 7 a M 6 9 m Mn f f f, f f ,f ,QV 8 )Vrh ,l l l ,l fhl kQSSSSvSS/w l 2 l vl Tim SSNILm 2 F/'gwe United States Patent() 3,335,426 NECKTIE WITH LOCATING MEANSMaurice M. Light, 151 N. Kenilworth Ave., Oak Park, Ill. 60301 FiledDec. 14, 1965, Ser. No. 513,790 9 Claims. (Cl. 2-146) This inventionrelates to an improvement in neckties, especially of the four-in-handtype, one of the purposes being to facilitate the location of the knotat the proper place so :as `to align the necktie as desired. In someinstances it is desired to align the wide front side of the necktie withthe narrow front side of the necktie. However, it may also be desired tolalign the wide front side with the belt, top of pants, etc., and theknot location device of this invention can be employed for any of thesepreferences.

There are numerous prior art necktie marking devices to aid in locatingthe proper place to tie a knot. Most of these have defects in that theyare not adjustable, detract from the appearance of the necktie, rely onthe sense of sight alone when tying the knot, are difficult to cleanWithout damage to the necktie, and/ or injure or mar the material of thenecktie when the marker is attached thereto. My invention lalleviatesall of these shortcomings and is a substantial improvement over allthese prior art markers.

It is an object of this invention to provide a marker for locating theposition of a knot on a necktie which can -be either accentuated ordecentuated (defined Iherein to mean de-emphasize) at will.

It is another object of this invention to employ a necktie marker whichis soft and pliable thereby permitting the mark to remain when thenecktie is twisted, moved, cleaned, washed, etc.

It is another object of this invention to employ a necktie marker whichwill permit the wearer to tie a knot in a necktie in the proper locationwith the aid of his visual and/ or touch senses.

It is still another object of this invention to indicate what type of aknot the necktie marker is set for.

It is a further object of this invention to employ a stitching mark tolocate the position in which to tie a knot in a necktie, said stitchingmark being able to be used in all types of necktie materials, notdetracting from the appearance of the necktie and if desired being partof the necktie thread stitches.

It is another object of this invention to allow all wearers of neckties,`whether they be short or tall and whether they have a small or largeneck size, to tie any style of knot in a location preferable to theindividual wearer.

It is still another object for `a wearer to tie a knot in his necktie inthe proper location on the rst attempt by relying ou the `accentuatednecktie marker of this invention.

These and other objects will become more -apparent in the light of thefollowing ydetailed description.

FIGURE 1 of the accompanying drawing shows a preferable embodiment of anecktie with the marking stitches.

FIGURE 2 shows a side view of FIGURE l.

FIGURE 3 shows an enlarged portion of zone 1 in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 shows an alternate prefer-able embodiment employing verticalmarking stitches.

FIGURE 5 shows a side view of FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 6? shows another preferable embodiment having the markingstitches attached to a patch material and the patch material attached toa necktie.

FIGURE 7 shows a side view of FIGURE 6.

Referring to FIGURE 1, a necktie 4 is shown in full length containing awide end 15, a narrow end 16 and a neckband 20 therebetween. Sincenecktie 4 is viewed from the back side, only a small portion of thefront side 5 of the necktie is shown while back side 6 runs practicallythe entire length. The necktie is `divided into three zones of markingstitches, e-ach serving a ditferent purpose. The most important, zone 1,comprises the marking stitches to accurately locate the place in thewide end at which the first fold is made to tie the knot in the properposition in the necktie. Zone 1 is composed of -a series of decentuatedmarking stitches 9 and one accentuated marking stitch 10. Zone 1 isassociated with wide end 15 of necktie 4. In most cases, a man ties hisnecktie by winding the wide end around the narrow end of the necktie.The position of the rst fold in the wide end when tying the knotgenerally determines the iinal position of the knot with respect to eachend and accordingly the marking stitches in 'zone 1 must be accuratelycalibrated in order to achieve precise location of the knot. Theaccentuated marking stitch locates the position at which the rst fold ismade in the wide end. The marking stitches should be spaced at leastabout 1/32 of an inch apart 'and preferably from about 1A to about 1/2of an inch in order to attain sufficiently accurate calibration. Thelength of zone 1 should extend for at least about 2 inches andpreferably at least about 1/s of the entire length of the necktie. Zone1 is located between about 1/5 to about 2/3 of the length of the necktiefrom the wide end and preferably from :about 1/s to abou-t `1/2 of thelength. Preferably the stitching marks are made out of a continuousfilament which is woven over and under the back side of the necktie,said filament having sutiicient slack length 4to allow one of thestitching marks to be pulled away from the back side to form anaccentuated stitching mark. Then when it is `desired to accentuate a`different stitch mark, said different stitch mark is pulled away fromback side 6 -and thereby automatically decentuating the old mark. Inactual practice the wearer will determine the correct position for mark10 by trial and error until the resulting knot is in the desiredposition and the wide end of the necktie is aligned -as desired.Thereafter the wearer merely need make the first fold in the wide endiat mark 10 to obtain the desired knot in the proper location on -thefirst attempt.

Zone 2 is associated with the narrow end `16 of necktie 4. It is lalsocomposed of a series of decentuated stitching marks 7 Iand oneaccentuated mark 8. The accentuated mark 8 functions in a similar mannerto the narrow end 16 as mark 10 functioned for wide end 15. Thus to tiethe necktie the wearer would line up mark S and 10 together and tie hisknot. Generally it is not necessary to have a mark on the narrow endsince the wide end is would around the narrow end and the point of thefirst fold in the wide end determines the knot location. However,sometimes the rst fold line can slip or shift a little depending on howa wearer ties his knot which can mis-position the knot. But, if thewearer trains himself to wind the knot `around the same point on thenarrow end, the slippage can be compensated `for since it will then beconstant each time the knot is tied and thus the position of the knotcan be carefully controlled. It is not necessary to have as precise acalibration of marking stitches in zone 2 as was preferable in zone 1.Generally spacing -of markings as far apart as 1 inch is satisfactoryalthough closer spacings of from about 1A to V2 inch are better.

Zone 3 is employed to remind the wearer as to what kind of a knot marks8 and 10 are set for. Thus zone 3 is composed of three sets ofdecentuated marks 11. The rst set having one mark is for the simplefour-in-hand knot.

The second set having two marks is for knots that are variations of thefour-in-hand knot. The third set having three marks, one of which isaccentuated mark 12, is for the Windsor knot. The sets-of zone 3 canlikewise be formed of single marks. Tabs having symbols carried thereonmay also be placed opposite each set to remind the wearer which type ofknot the marks are calibrated for. For example, a cloth tab with theletter F is attached alongside the first set indicating four-in-handknot, a second tab with the letter T is attached alongside the secondset indicating a two-loop knot and a third tab with the letter W isattached alongside the third set indicating a Windsor knot. Althoughzone 3 is shown in the wide end portion of the necktie, it can `also beplaced in any other convenient location such as the neckband or thenarrow end.

It is manifestly apparent that neckties will produce knots of varyingthickness depending on materials, lining, etc. Thus a wearer will have adiflicult time in tying knots in the proper location for the widevariety of neckties that are present in a typical wardrobe. Thisinvention will alleviate this problem and save the wearer time and avoidIaggravation by allowing the knot to be tied in the proper location onthe first try (after presetting the laccentuated marks). It is possibleto have a continuous filament connecting all three zones with sufficientpre-set slack length in each zone to provide one accentuated stitchingmark. A continuous series of stitching marks may also -be employed for adual function; marking as `described hereinbefore, and also to hold theseam of the back side together. When using la continuous series ofstitching marks the zones may be distinguished by different colorstitchings, different texture stitchings, etc.

FIGURE 2 is a side view of FIGURE l and shows a continuous stitchingfilament 14- employed throughout all three zones. The filament 14 runsalong the length of necktie 4 forming zone 2, comprising of decentuatedstitching marks 7 and accentuated stitching mark 8; zone 1 comprisingdecentuated stitching marks 9 and accentuated stitching mark 10; andzone 3 comprising `decentuated marks 11 and accentuated mark 12. Inbetween these zones, filament 14 runs in the volume formed between frontside 5 and shack side 6. Small knot 17 is located at the narrow end ofthe necktie and small knot 18 is located at the wide end of the necktie,said knots being employed to anchor the filament into the back side ofthe necktie.

FIGURE 3 is an enlargement of zone 1 shown in FIGURE 1 with theunderneath portion of filament 14 shown in dotted lines. Back side 6 ofa necktie is shown having a series of decentuated stitching marks 9 andone accentuated mark 10.

FIGURE 4 shows an alternate manner of forming the stitching marks,namely, by forming a series of Vertical marks (parallel to the lineconnecting the narrow end to the wide end) instead of the nearhorizontal marks shown in FIGURES 1 and 3. In `actuality the marks maybe in any position from vertical to horizontal although if they are in atrue horizontal position the filament may tend to bind when adjustingthe accentuated mark. Again in this figure back side 6 is shown having aseries of decentuated marks 9 and one accentuated mark 10 along with thevisible and underneath (shown in dotted) portions of filament 14.

FIGURE 5 is a side view of FIGURE 4 showing the front side 5 and theback side 6 of the necktie in which filament 14 is woven through theback side forming a series of decentuated marks 9 and one laccentuatedmark 10. Also shown is small knot 19 anchoring one end of filament 14into back side 6.

Another preferable embodiment of the present invention is shown inFIGURES A6 and 7 and relates to the placing of a series of markingstitches on a patch material and attaching the patch material to theback side of the necktie. Thus the zones of the stitching marks arewoven into the patch material and thereafter the patch cloth is attached-to the back side of the necktie by means such as tape, pins, etc. orpreferably the patch cloth is sewn directly onto the necktie. The patchmaterial is preferably thin relative to the thickness of the necktie inorder to `avoid adding bulkiness to the necktie. In FIGURE 6 patchmaterial 21 is shown sewn onto the back side 6 of necktie 4'. The patchmaterial carries a filament 14 woven therein forming a series ofdecentuated stitching marks 9 and one accentuated stitching mark 10.FIGURE 7 is a side view of FIGURE 6 showing the front side 5 and theback side 6 of necktie 4 and patch material 21 carrying filament 14',said filament forming a series of decentuated stitching marks 9 and oneaccentuated mark 10.

The stitching material is a filament and may be made of lany convenientmaterial such 4as ordinary thread, elastic, plastic, stretch thread,etc. Especially preferable is that type of thread which tends to ball upwhen tension is removed. Thus when using this type of stitching materialthe accentuated mark would ball up forming a bulge which can easily -beseen and felt when tying the necktie. This stitching material should besoft and pliable so that the tie can be twisted and moved without movingthe accentuated mark. The material should be of a type which can -becleaned either by dry cleaning or by wet cleaning without loss ofstrength, stretching, fading, etc.

The stitching mark should be of sufiicient cross length so as to permitready access of a fingernail thereto. The length of the mark should beno more than about 1/2 of an inch and is preferable about 1A ot an inch.The loop formed by the accentuated .mark should be appreciable to allowits presence to be felt either by sight or touch.

It is to be understood that in its broadest sense this invention may beused on lall types of necktes not only the four-in-hand type but ofother types including bow ties.

I claim as my invention:

1. A necktie which comprises:

a neckband;

a wide end extending from the neckband having a front side and a backside;

a narrow end extending from the neckband having `a front side and a backside;

a continuous filament attached to the back side of the necktie forming avisible series of decentuated stitching marks, said filament havingsufficient slack length to allow one of the stitching marks to be pulledaway from the back side to form a first accentuated stitching mark; and

means to secure the ends of the filament to the necktie.

2. The necktie of claim 1 further characterized in that the stitchingmarks are directly sewn into the back side of the necktie, are spacedapart at least 1/32 of an inch and extend for at least about 2 inches inlength.

3. The necktie of claim 1 further characterized in that a patch materialis directly attached to the back side of the necktie and the filament isdirectly sewn -into the patch material to form said series of stitchingmarks thereon.

4. The necktie of claim 2 further characterized in that the narrow endcarries a second visible series of decentuated stitching marks formed bypassing a continuous filament over and under the back side withsufficient slack length to allow one of said marks to be accentuated.

5. The neck-tie of claim 2 further characterized in that another seriesof visible stitching marks are carried by the necktie -to indicate thetype of knot the first accentuated stitching mark is set for, one of theother series of marks being accentuated.

6. The necktie of claim 4 further characterized in that la third seriesof visible stitching marks are carried by the necktie to indicate thetype of knot the rst accentuated stitching mark is set for, one of thethird series of to substantially vertical with respect to the verticalline marks being accentuated. connecting the wide end to the narrow end.

7. The neektie of claim 6 further characterized in that References Citedthe lament 1s made of a ball up type of thread.

8. The necktie of claim 6 further characterized in that 5 UNITED STATESPATENTS the lament forms the stitching on the back side to hold2,148,154 2/1939 Gaffinkle 2-145 the seam of said back side together.215041843 4/''95q 'Kplan 2 145 the stitching marks are positioned fromnear horizontal 10 PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner.

1. A NECKTIE WHICH COMPRISES: A NECKBAND; A WIDE END EXTENDING FROM THENECKBAND HAVING A FRONT SIDE AND A BACK SIDE; A NARROW END EXTENDINGFROM THE NECKBAND HAVING A FRONT SIDE AND A BACK SIDE; A CONTINUOUSFILAMENT ATTACHMENT TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE NECKTIE A VISIBLE SERIES OFDECENTUATED STITCHING MARKS, SAID FILAMENT HAVING SUFFICIENT SLACKLENGTH TO ALLOW ONE OF THE STITCHING MARKS TO BE